Washing-machine



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ATTORNEY- Patented July 25. 1882.

S. PARKS.

WASHINGMACHINE.

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STEPHEN PARKS, OF VERNON CENTRE, NEW YORK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,752, dated July 25,1882.

Application filed May13,1882. (ModeL) T 0 all whom it may concern Be itknown that], STEPHEN PARKS. a citizen of the United States, residing atVernon Centre, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in liVashingMachiues; and.I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of. the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. A

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in washingmachines, and more particularly upon my former patent granted March 1,1881, and numbered 238,305; and the invention consists in novel featuresof construction and combination and arrangement of parts, all as will behereinafter fully described, and set forth in the claims hereto annexed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section; Fig.

2, a transverse vertical section.

In the drawings, A represents the tub or receptacle for containing theclothes to be washed,havingasemicircularbottom,a,provided withtransverse corrugations, all as clearly shown. The inner sides of thetub or receptacle A are provided with bearings 11 b for the reception ofthe short journals b b" of the disks B B. These disks on their outerfaces have a convex center and a dish-shaped or concave rim, or whatmight be termed concavo'convex outer faces, and said disks are connectedtogether near their peripheries and at equal distances apart by thecross-bars d cl d 01 the parallel bars d d being arranged a shortdistance apart and connecting the outer rims of the disks, while thebars d d are arranged a short distance apart from each other and thebars d (Z and also connect the disks inside of the bars d for thepurpose of strengthening and bracing the disks. The disk B has securedto its outer convex face a gear-wheel, E, which meshes with a pinion, e,mounted on a shaft, F, projecting through one of the sides of the tub orreceptacle, and having secured thereto the operating-crankfi The shaft Fis adapted to be adjusted longitudinally for the purpose of throwing thepinion e in and out of mesh with the gear-wheel E,

and when thrown out of mesh with said wheel it is drawn back intoacircular recess, 9., formed on the inner side of the tub or receptacle,Which permits of the ready removal of the connected disks when it isdesired to clean the tub.

G represents an exterior conical cap, arranged upon the same side as therecess 9, for strengthening the side in view of the recess formedtherein, and has an opening through its apex, forming an additionalbearin g for the shaft F. The outer end of the shaft or the upper end ofthe operating-crank is provided with a circular disk, f, with which aspringlatch, H, is adapted to engage for preventing longitudinalmovement of the shaft F when adjusted-lengthwise either to throw thepinions into orout of mesh with the gear-wheel,

all as clearly shown in plain and dotted lines.

The tub or receptacle is supported by the legs a, bolted or otherwisesecured thereto, and upon one of the sides of the tub or receptacle issecured a vertical socket, 1, for the reception of a clothes-stick, i,which is used in removing theclothes from the tub or receptacle.

The hereinbefore-described construction of disks gives them additionalstrength, while the dish-shaped or concave rims of said disks preventthe clothes from getting between them and the sides of the tub orreceptacle. The tub or receptacle and also the disks and connecting-barsmay be made from galvanized iron or suitable non-corrosive metal, or thetub or receptacle made of wood and lined with any suitable non-corrosivesheet metal.

The tub or receptacle is provided with a suitable cover, J. V

The operation of my improved machine is as follows: The clothes to bewashed, being first soaped in the usual manner, are placed in 52 Yecanse rugated or ribbed surface of a Wash-board, but in a moreefficient and expeditious manner.

I do not Wish to be understood as claiming broadly anything shown,described, or claimed in my former patent above referred to.

Having thus fully described my present invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a washing tub or receptacle having asemicircular corrugated or ribbed bottom and interior side bearings, 61d, of the disks B B, having on their outer i'aces convex centers anddish-shaped or concave rims and journals b b, and connected togethernear their peripheries by rubbingbars (1 substantially as and for thepurpose herein shown and described.

2. The combination with a washing tub or receptacle having asemicircular corrugated or ribbed bottom and interior side bearings, 01d, of the disks B B, having on their outer facesconvex centers anddish-shaped or concave rims and journals 1) b, and connected togethernear their peripheries by rubbingbars d and strengthening and bracingbars d d, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown anddescribed.

3. The herein-described washing-machine, consisting of the washing tubor receptacle having interior bearings, 11 b, circular recess g, andexterior conical cap, Gr, disks B B, constructed as shown, and providedwith short ,journals b b, andconnected by rubbing-bars d gear-wheel E,secured to outer face of disk 13, longitudinally-adjustable shaft F,having pinions e on its inner end and operating-crank fand disk f on itsouter end, and the springlatch H, substantially in the manner as and forthe purpose specified. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN PARKS.

Witnesses:

RALPH MCINTOSH, H. A. WILLIAMS.

